I did a lot of price/quality research and definitely did not overpay. If anything, I was inefficient spending too much time to avoid overpaying.
Keep in mind I have a gas dryer (adds about $100) and also required stackable units as my hookup area does not have room for side-by-side.
GE still makes a small number of high-end appliances in house, but low to medium end are made by Haier in China under license and have serious quality issues.
GE, according to an appliance retailer in New England, has several times the rate of service requests as other companies. Maytag and Samsung seem to be the best for washer and dryer quality. LG is a mixed bag and also makes it much harder to get warranty service if needed.
Home Depot’s black friday sale also required hoop jumping: gift cards, paying for any installation materials like the metal gas hose if the old one isn’t compatible.
The old modem with built in wifi was whatever ATT provides to residential customers who get internet only, no TV or phone. It didn’t give me any signal in the back of my back yard. Google Wifi gives either 2/3 or 3/3 signal in the same spot.
Google Wifi would work great for multiple units as it creates a mesh, and it the cheapest product that does this with an easy setup. It is extremely easy to add additional ones to the network.
A lot of the online reviews are people who tried other methods to provide strong wifi signals to 5000sf houses with thick internal walls, or who have multiple units on one large property.
